§ 22. Sir B. FALLEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in the reply given to Item 53 of the 1922 General Welfare Requests, it is to be understood that it is the Admiralty's intention to 434 permit serving ratings of His Majesty's Royal Navy to elect a civilian to represent them at the quarterly meetings of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes; whether the Admiralty realise the serious consequences of such a decision; and, if such is not the intention, will they revise the reply given to the item in question to make it quite clear that canteen representatives must be serving ratings as requested by the welfare representatives?
§ Commander EYRES-MONSELLThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative and to the second part, that the Admiralty do not consider that the decision involves any serious consequences whatsoever. The third part of the question does not arise.